City have a striker crisis, especially now Adebayor's widely-expected ban has been confirmed by the FA. His three-match suspension for violent conduct, following an ugly challenge on Robin van Persie, starts on Sunday. Robinho is still unavailable with a stress fracture and Carlos Tevez is also unlikely to playagainst his former employers having suffered a knee injury on national duty against Brazil recently. Roque Santa Cruz only resumed full training this week.
